东北师范大学2010年考博真题及解析

东北师范大学2010年博士研究生入学考试英语试题

Part І

1. Intellect is to the mind sight is ＿＿to the body.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. like

答案：A

what这时连接两个句子，表示“有如”或“就像…一样”。

what只有用在这种“A对于B来说就象C对于D一样”句型当中时。

Air is to man what water is to the fish. 空气对于人类来说就象水对于鱼来说一样重要。

2. I regret ＿＿you that I can’t go to Hangzhou for a visit next Sunday with you, because I’ve caught a bad cold.

A. leaving

B. telling

C. to tell

D. left

答案：C

regret to do sth 遗憾要做某事(动作还没发生)

regret doing sth 后悔做过某事(动作已发生)

regret to tell you that... 遗憾要告诉你...

regret telling you that... 后悔告诉了你...

3. A Dictionary of the English Language, ＿＿by Dr. Samuel Johnson, was the first real attempt as a systematic and interestingly written survey of English usage.

A. constructed

B. compiled

C. composed

D. collected

答案：B

compile 编译，编制，编辑

4. She is as ＿＿as her mother is beautiful.

A. plain

B. common

C. dull

D. humble

答案：A

Plain在此意为“相貌平平的、不好看的”，与其后的beautiful相对

两者比较项目不同，用完整模式。

是为了强调对比, 表示她的姿色十分平庸，但是她母亲却美艳动人。

5. If you keep getting wrong numbers, your phone could be ＿＿.

A. deceptive

B. ineffective

C. deficient

D. defective

【翻译】：如果你总是拨错电话号码，那么你的电话可能是有问题（毛病）的。

【答案】：D

【解析】：选项中defective做形容词，表示具有结构、功能、智力或举止行为不正常的特点的，常用来表达（某个东西）有缺陷，不够完美。近义词还可以是faulty，符合题意。

这里面干扰最大的是C deficent，做形容词表示数量和程度的缺乏（比如维他命摄入不足，如果是用defective意思就成了维他命的本身有缺陷），也可以表示缺乏某种重要的

品质或要素（比如缺德）

6. The cake has too much sugar in it, but ＿＿It’s OK.

A. another of that

B. other than that

C. that other

D. none other than

答案：B

other than that 除此之外

7. We did hold a meeting yesterday, but you ＿＿, so we did not inform you.

A. did not need to attend

B. needn’t attend

C. did not need attending

D. needn’t have attended

答案：A

8. Present at the Christmas party were the two princesses and their ＿＿husbands and the Duke of Edinburgh.

A. respectable

B. respectful

C. respective

D. respected

答案：C

Respective各自的；respectful充满尊敬的；respectable可敬的，值得尊敬的，respected受到尊敬的

9. She is always fashionably dressed and looks ＿＿among the girls in plain clothes.

A. outstanding

B. unusual

C. distinguishing

D. conspicuous

答案：D

conspicuous 显眼的，惹眼的（very easy to notice）,outstanding 突出的，显著的（extremely good）。

10. They’ve bought a holiday cottage neat the sea, and in ＿＿course they plan to move there permanently.

A. due

B. future

C. coming

D. intended

答案：A

in due course 及时的，在适当的时候

11. Those people who are ＿＿are most welcome to the politicians.

A. credible

B. incredible

C. unbelievable

D. credulous

答案：D

Credulous意为“轻信的，易受骗的”

12. After we made the improvement, there were only ＿＿as before.

A. one-tenth defective products as many

B. one-tenth as many defective products

C. defective products one-tenth as many

D. defective products as one-tenth many